FBI seeking two men in child pornography investigation

An image released by the FBI that shows to unknown males, an unidentified child, and a house with an above-ground pool. The phrase "New Market Basketball" on the child's shirt has led the FBI to issue alerts asking for help identifying the men in various locations with towns named New Market across the United States, including Tennessee.
(FBI image)

KNOXVILLE — Federal authorities don’t know the identities or locations of two men whose images are seen on child pornography, but they know the men broke the law.

FBI agents are asking for help in identifying the men.

“It is not something we don’t know the geographic location of the victim we’re looking for so several divisions are sending out this information and there are several states we’re targeting,” FBI spokesman Marshall Stone said.

“Bottom line, the child in these images has a T-shirt that says New Market basketball. We’re looking for any municipality or school system that uses the term New Market.”

Stone said agents want to either identify where the shirt came from or who the adults are in the images.

“It may be something not tied to the Knoxville area, but since we haven’t identified the child, we can’t say if it is connected to the Knoxville area,” he said. “It just takes someone recognizing either of the individuals or the T-shirt and we may be able to identify the victim.”

The men are described as John Doe 23 and John Doe 24. Images of both were found on the Internet.

John Doe 23 is described as white, likely between the ages of 25 and 35, with dark hair, glasses and brown hair.

John Doe 24 is described as white, likely between the ages of 35 and 45, with dark hair and brown eyes.

Additional images relevant to the investigation include a yellow T-shirt containing the outline of a basketball along with the written text “New Market Basketball” and a home with what appears to be yellow siding and an above-ground swimming pool.